My SH3 is now running in full res but I changed nothing, huh?

[timmy41]

Just now I loaded up SH3 on my laptop. My laptop runs at 1280x1024, higher than the game res without the res fix patch. Well to my surprise, the window now fills the whole screen instead of just a fraction of it as it does normally. I did not change anything though, so I dont understand why it is doing this.
Hopefully, it stays this way, haha.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? Is there any explanation?
Thanks in advance!

EDIT
I should mention that im using windows XP

[Pisces]

Maybe the videocard driver stretched the image. Mine does anyway. Or perhaps you once used the widescreen or other high-resolution mod and the dll or whatever file got left in the game folder.

[MH]

Just now I loaded up SH3 on my laptop. My laptop runs at 1280x1024, higher than the game res without the res fix patch. Well to my surprise, the window now fills the whole screen instead of just a fraction of it as it does normally. I did not change anything though, so I dont understand why it is doing this.
Hopefully, it stays this way, haha.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? Is there any explanation?
Thanks in advance!

EDIT
I should mention that im using windows XP

You can stretch SH window full screen with windows task manager by clicking on SH process an then choosing maximize.
On your laptop it happens by default somehow.

[Jimbuna]

Do you have a nVidia card installed? :hmmm:

[timmy41]

If any of the things you proposed where true, wouldn't it have always been maximized?

[Pisces]

Probably. But, respectfully!, when someone says I did not change anything though, so I dont understand why it is doing this. I get a bad case of second-guessing. Usually in those cases the cause for such 'errors' is found between keyboard and chair. You may not have changed anything about SH3 itself. But that says nothing about driver settings. Maybe you let someone else on your laptop and (s)he tweaked some settings. I know, this may all sound far fetched, ... but so does spontaneously changing to higher than possible resolution.

[timmy41]

Nobody else has used the computer, and this computer hasnt been connected to the internet in a few weeks.
I am the only one able to access this computer.
Sorry, should have mentioned that in the first post.

I have just turned it on again and it started in 1024 res instead of its native, which was interesting.